Parents Are Invited          To a Lecture On Raising a Self-Disciplined Child     Help Your Child Become More Responsible, Confident, and Lively Presented by Dr Robert Brooks             Robert Brooks, Ph.D., one of the two authors of Raising a Self-Disciplined Child, is a nationally famous speaker and author. This book presents parents with “ a positive approach to discipline that helps children to develop self-discipline, respect, responsibility and liveliness rather than anger.” Dr Brooks of Harvard Medical School uses real-life stories to discuss such topics as self-respect and family relationships. Copies of Raising a Self-Disciplined Child, Raising Lively Children, and other books by Dr Brooks will be available for sale and signing following the talk. Wednesday, January 12 @ 7 PM Allison Williams Activity Center Trinity School  4301 Northside Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30327 Call Ms Ginny Perkinson at 404-231-8113 for questions

小題1:Who is this lecture intended for?

A．Children

B．Robert Brooks

C．Ginny Perkinson

D．Parents

小題2:This lecture is mainly about how to _____.

A．tell stories

B．sell a book

C．raise children

D．become a writer

小題3:People can _____ if they have questions about the lecture.

A．visit Dr Goldstein	B．call 4301-30327
C．call 404-231-8113	D．visit Mr Williams

小題4:Raising a Self-Disciplined Child is the name of a ______.

A．book

B．company

C．school

D．newspaper

Every year, British newspapers report on the stranger questions asked in Oxbridge (Oxford & Cambridge) interviews. Often, though, these questions are not as strange as they first seem. And they are all designed to give applicants (申請者) a chance to think.
Arriving for her first Oxford interview, my sister Jen saw that there was only one chair in the waiting room. On the chair was a large fork. Jen had heard about the strange things in Oxbridge interviews, and believed that this was a test. “What if they’re watching me?” she thought. “If I move the fork, it will show initiative (主動性); if I don’t move it, it will show that I can easily fit into new situations.” In the end, she sat uncomfortably on the edge of the chair!
Applicants must be prepared for the unexpected. Now it was Jen’s turn. She was handed a monkey skull (顱骨) and asked to talk about it. At first, this seemed unfair --- what could she say? But she soon calmed down, started thinking, and found that there was plenty to talk about.
Oxbridge interviews are designed to find out how you think, not just what you think. And there are no wrong answers. Jen learnt that, and she passed the interview. What advice does she give? “ Don’t be nervous, and be prepared for the unexpected!”
小題1:According to British newspapers, questions for Oxbridge applicants are very _____. 

A．unfair

B．normal

C．easy

D．strange

小題2:On her first interview, Jen ____ after she entered the waiting room.

A．moved the fork	B．sat down on the fork
C．sat down on the chair	D．moved the chair

小題3:Jen learned that it was very important to _____ in order to pass the Oxbridge interviews.

A．make up new situation	B．show how one thinks
C．describe what one hears	D．talk about various monkeys

小題4:The writer uses a(n) ____ to introduce how Oxbridge applicants are interviewed.

A．example

B．guess

C．experiment

D．survey

You may go to karaoke or disco clubs with your friends during the summer holidays. But be careful. In these   41   places you may see people selling small, colourful pills. Make sure you do not try them.
The seller   42    say they are safe and can help you enjoy yourself or   43    from sadness. They may even offer you a free   44  , and tell you that everybody is using   45  .But you must be alert to the   46   that these drugs could destroy your life.
When you put them into your body, often   47   swallowing, breathing in or injecting, drugs find their way into your brain.
Drugs may either speed up  48  slow down your senses. Their effects are different depending on body size, shape, and chemistry.  49   it can make you feel good at first, a drug can do a lot of   50   to your body and brain.
One of the most popular drugs in nightclubs is the so-called head-shaking or ecstasy pill. The drug hits users with a fast high, 51   them feel powerful and full of  52  . Heart rate, breathing and blood pressure 53  - risking damage to your nervous system. Marijuana (大麻) is a   54   used illegal drug. It is called the gateway drug, because using it sometimes  55   harder drugs. It is mostly smoked in a cigarette.
There is   56   risk related to taking drugs that must be   57  . Sharing a needle to inject a drug puts a user at a very 58   risk of being affected with HIV.
Drugs may appear in many different   59 , some with cool names, but taking them could   60   your health forever.

小題1:	A．boring B．exciting C．noisy D．surprising

小題2:	A．may B．must C．should D．can

小題3:	A．keep B．stay C．escape D．stop

小題4:	A．drink B．try C．cigarette D．taste

小題5:	A．it B．him C．her D．them

小題6:	A．fact B．problem C．trouble D．reality

小題7:	A．with B．for C．by D．in

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．so C．but D．or

小題9:	A．Although B．Because C．If D．Despite

小題10:

A．hurt B．injury C．damage D．harm

小題11:

A．driving B．having C．making D．keeping

小題12:

A．food B．energy C．hope D．interest

小題13:

A．develop B．grow C．rise D．increase

小題14:

A．deeply B．widely C．strongly D．highly

小題15:

A．prevents B．cause C．leads to D．a(chǎn)ims at

小題16:

A．the other B．other C．others D．a(chǎn)nother

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)voided B．taken C．missed D．interrupted

小題18:

A．big B．high C．large D．wide

小題19:

A．tastes B．smells C．colours D．forms

小題20:

A．kill B．break C．endanger D．ruin

The southwest of Australia has been named as one of 25”hot spots” for future species extinction(滅絕)because of global warming.A new study says global warming will become a top cause of extinction across the world,with thousands of species of plantsand animals likely to be wiped out in the coming decades.
According to the study,global warming ranks among the most serious threats to the planet’s biodiversity and,under some conditions,may be more than that due to deforestation.This study provides even stronger scientific evidence that global warming will result in catastrophic(災(zāi)難性的)species losses across the planet.Last month,a UN study said humans were responsible for the worst extinction and urged extra efforts to reach a UN target of slowing the rate of losses by 2010.
Scientists disagree about how far global warming is to blame compared with other human threats such as deforestation,pollution and the introduction of some species to new habitats.But the new study looks at the 25 “hot spots”—?areas? that contain a big concentration of plants and animals—and predicts that 11.6 percent of all species,with a range from 1 to 43 percent,could be driven to extinction if levels of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere were to keep rising in the next 100 years.
The range would mean the loss of thousands of species.The study gave a wide range because of uncertainties, for instance, about the ability of animals or plants to move towards the poles if the climate warmed. Rare plants,tortoises or birds found only on the southern tip of Africa cannot move south because the nearest land is thousands of miles away in Antarctica.
小題1:According to the passage,which of the following about Australia is TRUE?

A．Australia possesses the richest species in the world.

B．Australia is the country with the highest rate of extinction.

C．The species in the southwest of Australia will be easily affected by global warming.

D．Australia will have the highest temperature in the world.

小題2:According to the passage,all the 25”hot spots”-------- .

A．a(chǎn)re rich in plants and animals

B．a(chǎn)re lacking in natural resources

C．lost most of their plants in 2010

D．will be much hotter than the rest of the world

小題3:We can infer if the climate warms,the animals in Australia will most probably move to the ______ .

A．north

B．east

C．west

D．south

小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Australia Named as Extinction”Hot Spot”

B．Global Warming and Species Extinction

C．Global Warming is Number One Killer

D．Australia on the Edge of Extinction

In June 2008,Benita Grist was driving in her hometown of Mississauga as a passenger in the car ahead threw a paper cup out of the window.When Grist horned to express her displeasure, the passenger responded by throwing out a bag.
Instead of annoyed, she decided to do something about it.She organized a one woman litter?awareness campaign.She started small,chatting with her neighbors about litter—and asking them to be more conscious of any tendencies they might have to litter.Soon,she noticed local families, kids and all—picking up litter around their homes.”I thought,that’s all it took—for me to open my mouth?” she says.”So I decided to knock on more doors.”
And she didn’t stop there.She approached people on the street,in malls,even in the waiting room before getting an X ray. Grist often started her appeal with something such as,”I hope you don’t think I’m crazy,but...” Yet she was buoyed by the positive response—so much so that in August 2008, she began to contact officials in various levels of government, companies and other institutions in an effort to reach a wider audience.
Through a local Mac’s Convenience Store,Grist managed to contact the company that produces content displayed on their in store monitors.That led to a public service announcement about litter that ran in almost 600 Mac’s stores in Ontario from November 2008 to June 2009. Grist continues to explore every opportunity she has to get the message out.Her grassroots campaign may be different,but she has begun to open people’s eyes about the problem of litter.And thanks to her efforts,in Mississauga,at least,they have begun to do just that.
小題1:How did Benita Grist start her campaign?

A．She chatted with her neighbors.	B．She quarreled with a stranger.
C．She went door to door,talking.	D．She talked to patients in hospital.

小題2:The underlined word “buoyed” in Paragraph 4 probably means “-------”.

A．inspired

B．discouraged

C．confused

D．disturbed

小題3:What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Introduction to a one woman litter awareness campaign.

B．How Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign.

C．Why Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign.

D．Benita and the one woman litter awareness campaign.

Let’s say you took violin lessons all through elementary school, but you haven’t got the instrument out of its case for years. Were all those lessons a waste of your parents’ money because you didn’t become a violinist?
Even though it has been a long time since you played the violin, a new study shows that as little as one year of music training can have a positive impact (影響) on your brain that will last the rest of your life.
In an experiment, researchers compared children who had taken music lessons to those who hadn’t. Laurel Trainor, who studies music and the mind, discovered that the musically-trained children had better brain responses in certain sound recognition exams. Trainor’s findings show the possibility that musical education can actually improve the brain’s hearing cortex(大腦皮層). “The study’s results show that music training affects attention and memory, and helps children develop learning skills. In this way music training might lead to better learning across a number of fields,” Trainor said in a statement. The effects of music education are even more obvious on children with difficulty in reading and writing and other language-related disabilities.
So, whether you can play a good piece of music or not, it’s likely that your years of music lessons have prepared your brain for all the speeches, emails, and adult conversations that are part of your life today. We should help make sure that children today have the same opportunities for music, and help out by volunteering with or donating instruments to your school’s music education department.
小題1:Compared with children who haven’t taken music lessons, musically-trained children _______.

A．sing better	B．do better in exams
C．recognize sounds better	D．response more quickly

小題2:According to the study, we know musical education can _____.

A．change the structure of the brain

B．improve children’s learning skills

C．help children focus their attention

D．provide more memorizing methods

小題3:What can we learn from the text?

A．Adults should also take some music lessons.

B．The author has taken violin lessons when he was young.

C．Even a day’s music training can affect the human brain.

D．Music training can also help children with certain disabilities.

The Antarctic Icecap is the largest supply of fresh water，representing nearly 2％of the world’s total of fresh and salt water. As can be seen from the table below, the amount of water in our atmosphere is over 10 times as much as the water in all the rivers taken together. The fresh water actually available for human use in lakes and rivers and the accessible ground water amount to only about one-third of 1％of the world’s total water supply.

	Surface area(sq mi)	Volume(cu mi)	Percentage of total
Salt water
The oceans	139,500,000	317,000,000		97.2％
Inland    seas    and saline lakes	270,000	25,000		0.008
Fresh water
Freshwater lakes	330,000	30,000		0.009
All rivers(average level)	－	300		0.0001
Antarctic Icecap	6,000,000	6,300,000		1.9
Arctic Icecap and glaciers	900,000	680,000		0. 21
Water in the atmosphere	197,000,000	3,100		0. 001
Ground water within half a mile from surface a mile from surface	－	1,000,000		0. 31
Deep-lying ground water	－	1,000,000		0. 31
Total (rounded)	－	326,000,000		100.00

小題1:What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Fresh Water in the World	B．Water Supply of the World
C．Salt Water of the Earth	D．Protection of the Water in the World

小題2:It can be seen from the table______.

A．humans will have to use sea water in the future

B．there is enough fresh water for man to use

C．Water in the atmosphere is the least

D．the sea water takes up 98％of the water on earth

小題3:The fresh water that humans can use is _________.

A．a(chǎn)bout 1,086,700 cu mi	B．a(chǎn)bout 6,300,000 cu mi
C．a(chǎn)bout 680,000 cu mi	D．a(chǎn)bout 2,000,000 cu mi

小題4:Where does the majority of fresh water exists?

A．In Arctic Icecap and glaciers.	B．In Deep ground.
C．In the Antarctic Icecap.	D．In the atmosphere.

小題5:What are the two places where equal amount of fresh water is stored?

A．Freshwater lakes and all rivers(average level)

B．Antarctic Icecap and water in the atmosphere

C．Ground water within half a mile from surface and Deep-lying ground water.

D．Deep-lying ground water and Arctic Icecap and glaciers

“China is expected to complete its first exploration (探索) of the moon in 2010 and will found a moon base just as we did on the North and South Poles,” Ouyang Ziyuan, head of China's moon exploration program, promised during national science and technology week.
After its first man in space, China plans a space laboratory, a lunar orbiter to look for valuable elements and minerals, robot landings on the moon and then the human touchdown.
The price of space exploration is enormous. Russia and the US, the only two countries to have achieved manned flight, are struggling to keep their new investment, the international space station.
But China, which has a long tradition in physics, mathematics and engineering, finds its doctoral graduates welcomed in the US and Europe for decades. And it has been able to learn from 40 years of pioneering successes and mistakes by the USSR and the USA.
Space flight is a gamble and the stakes (賭注) are high. If successful, China could become a member of the world's most exclusive club, set up a second home on the moon and get a powerful hand at the strategic bargaining table.
Two designers from the Shenzhou III project said that 12 astronauts now are undergoing intensive training. One more unmanned space flight is planned before the first manned launch.
Experts say that the Shenzhou spacecraft already provides China with a space vehicle capable of mounting（發(fā)起）a lunar program. Chinese scientists have also predicted that Mars will be the next target after the moon.
小題1:According to Ouyang Ziyuan ________.

A．China has founded a base on the moon

B．China has founded one base on the North and South Poles

C．China will set up a base on the moon in 2010

D．China has already finished founding a moon base

小題2:The underlined word “touchdown” in the second paragraph means “________”.

A．landing

B．relation

C．connection

D．behaviour

小題3:Which one of the following is NOT right according to this passage?

A．A second home is going to be built on the moon in 2010.

B．China's first man has landed the moon in space.

C．People from only two countries have been to the moon till now.

D．Twelve Chinese astronauts are being trained for the manned flight to the moon.

小題4:We think that the Chinese astronaut will succeed in landing the moon in 2010 because ________.

A．China will ask for help from the USSR and the USA

B．two countries have set up a space station on the moon

C．China has a large population in the world

D．China has its tradition technology and advanced scientists

小題5:We can infer from this passage that               .

A．China’s robot landing in the moon has been successful

B．the USSR and the USA don’t allow Chinese people to land on the moon

C．Chinese scientists show great interest in exploring Mars now

D．it is impossible for the Chinese people to land on the moon

下面文章中有5處（第61-65題）需要添加小標(biāo)題。請從以下選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D、E和F）中選出符合各段意思的小標(biāo)題，選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)是多余選項(xiàng)。
A．Structure of a hurricane
B．Preparing for a Hurricane
C. How Hurricanes Move
D. How Hurricanes start
E. Hurricane Names
F. Hurricane Damage
Hurricanes
Hurricanes are gigantic tropical storms that can be hundreds of kilometers wide. They bring along very strong winds and a lot of rainfall. They often cause flooding near the coasts and sea levels rise.
1. __________________________
Hurricanes are born over tropical oceans, usually during late summer and early autumn. They need two things to get them started: heat and moist air. During the summer the ocean surface heats up and warm moist air starts to rise. Cool air sinks down to replace it. This creates an area of low pressure. The rotation of the earth creates winds around the center of such a low-pressure area. In the northern hemisphere the air moves counter clockwise, in the southern part clockwise. Such a system is called a cyclone. When warm air rises, it cools and creates clouds. Soon, thunderstorms form and it starts to rain.
All hurricanes begin as cyclones but not all cyclones become storms or hurricanes. Some die out a few days after they start. They don’t have enough energy to become a hurricane. When winds are stronger than 119 km an hour a storm officially becomes a hurricane.
2. __________________________
The center of a hurricane is called the eye, a calm area with little rainfall. It is about 30 to 50 km wide. Inside the eye the sea can rise up to one meter because the air moves up. The eye wall is around the eye. This is an area of thunderstorms, rain and the strongest winds—up to 300 km an hour. Then come long bands of rain clouds that are curved towards the center of the hurricane.
3. __________________________
In the northern hemisphere hurricanes normally move in a westward direction and then they turn north and northeast. Their path takes them away from the warm tropical water of the equator. When hurricanes move over colder water or over land they lose a lot of their energy. They slow down and as time goes on, they disappear. In the southern hemisphere their path leads them to the south and southeast.
4. __________________________
When a tropical storm forms over the Caribbean Sea it gets a name. Every year the first storm of the season is given a name that starts with the letter A, the second storm gets a name starting with B and so on. Years ago only women’ s names were used for tropical storms. Today male and female names alternate –for example, the first storm is named Alexandra, the second one Billy, then Catherine etc. Each year new names are used so that you can connect a storm to a certain year.
5. __________________________
Hurricanes are causing more and more damage throughout the Gulf Region, mainly because the population is constantly growing. Many things can be done to protect yourself and your property during a hurricane: Keep emergency supplies of food and water; keep a battery-powered radio ready in case the power goes out. Listen to the instructions you get; keep the gas tank of your car full, in case you have to leave quickly; protect your house by nailing plywood over the windows and doors. Tie down loose objects; find out which roads are best to take you away from the storm; leave your house as soon as you are ordered to evacuate, etc.

Never give out identifying information such as Name, Home Address, School name, or Telephone Number in a public message such as at a chat room or on bulletin bards. Never send a person a picture of you without first checking with your parents or guardian.
● Never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are: Suggestive / Obscene / Belligerent / Threatening / Make You Feel Uncomfortable.
● Be careful when someone offers you something for nothing, such as gifts and money. Be very careful about any offers that involve your coming to a meeting or having someone visit your house.
● Tell your parents or guardian right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable.
● Never arrange a face-to-face meeting without telling your parents or guardian. If your parents or guardian agree to the meeting, make sure that you meet in a public place and have a parent or guardian with you.
● Remember that people online may not be who they seem. Because you can’t see or even hear the person, it would be easy for someone to misrepresent him or herself. Thus, someone indicating that“she”is a“12-year-old-girl”could in reality be an older man.
● Be sure that you are dealing with someone that you and your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information about yourself via E-mail.
● Get to know your“online friends”just as you get to know all of your other friends.
小題1:We can infer from the passage that            .

A．it is not safe to surf the internet

B．people now are no longer honest

C．we can chat with unfamiliar people online

D．people online are not who they are

小題2:Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．People online never tell their friends their real names.

B．You can often get something free from the internet.

C．Your friends online may want to meet you.

D．Online friends are not friends at all.

小題3:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．How to surf the internet.

B．Kids shouldn’t surf the internet.

C．How to choose online friends.

D．How to protect yourselves online.